SSTFFeb 26

The script is mysterious and important.

https://lemmy.world/post/43619180

Show threadBoomer Humor Doomergod
Will Smith would have been disastrous in The Matrix and now I want to see it
Feb 27 at 12:04amWeb
Show threadstarikFeb 27
I was thinking, thank god he turned it down
Show threadBoomer Humor DoomergodFeb 27
If memory serves me right the protagonist in Inception was confused a lot and Wil can pull off confused.
Show threadTropicalDingdongFeb 27
Real eyes realize.
Show threadstarikFeb 27
… real lies
Show threadTropicalDingdongFeb 27
Show threadCanacondaFeb 27
Imagine his robot hating Detective Spooner, walking around the matrix being pissed off. Or in inception confused and pissed off.
Show threadAeronMelonFeb 27
Most likely Leo DeCaprio’s role.
Show threadSSTFFeb 27
Imagine the tie-in music video he would have done.
Show threadBoomer Humor DoomergodFeb 27
With the squid machines doing hip hop dances in the background
Show threadramble81Feb 27
Given that he turned it down for Wild Wild West, use that as a basis.
Show threadrozodruFeb 27
uh-huh yeah ha ha woo uh huh am I dreaming or is this real, sleep all day, gotta get that feel ha ha yeah oh uh the city is spinning, but ya see ha ha I ain’t dipping. gotta get the reception, ha ha yeah woo it’s an inception!
Show threadaxxFeb 28
🫶
Show threadJeeBaiChowFeb 27
AI BROS, DO YOUR THING!
Show threadSSTFFeb 27
It’s just an infinite number of Will Smiths eating an infinite amount of spaghetti.
Show threadTrainguyromFeb 27
I still appreciate that he actually acted out the AI clips of him eating spaghetti
Show threadpotoooooooo ✅️Feb 27
I get what you mean/agree, but to play devil’s advocate, his character in Enemy of the State could’ve sorta worked as Neo.
Show threadKnock_Knock_Lemmy_InFeb 27
There would be too many wisecracks. Did keanu even smile as Neo?
Show threadAkasazhFeb 27
I know kung fu
Show threadosannaFeb 27
Yup. I think if will smith had done it, it would be a completely different movie and may not have been as much a runaway success as it was
Show threadSSTFFeb 27
It is crazy how I always think of that movie as “early career Will Smith before he became famous quippy superstar” but it released between Men In Black and Wild Wild West.
Show threadTrainguyromFeb 27
Don’t forget Will Smith was a Rapper and DJ first, ended up deep in a financial hole because he didn’t save any money for taxes following his musical success, took the role on Fresh Prince to try to keep the lights on and then Fresh Prince ended up being super successful and leading him to his second and even more successful career in acting
Show threadThunder_CaulkFeb 27

well , excuse me for the AI haters out there. But we gotta do this.

Seedance, c’mon boy, DO IT!!!

Will Smith as NEO in the Matrix.

Show threadEcho DotFeb 27

You get that we wanted dialogue right? We can all imagine Will Smith in a leather jacket with slow motion bullets moving around him.

Every time someone who is pro AI tries to advocate for it it always comes off as their brain having turned to porridge. You get we can see that image in our minds, we don’t need it visualised for us at the expense of half an olympic swimming pool worth of water and at least six trees.

Show threadWizardofFrobozzFeb 27
Agreed, but I also firmly believe there is another universe in which we could believably type “Keanu Reeves would have been disastrous in The Matrix”
Show threadmercFeb 27

It would have been a very different movie. So, maybe people couldn’t picture Keanu in that forgettable action comedy called The Matrix. But, Keanu did show he could do comedy. His first big movie was Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. He’d also done Parenthood. In addition, he’d shown he could do action movies / thrillers with a bit of comedy when he did Speed, and fairly serious action movies with Point Break.

Will Smith has done plenty of action movies, but all of them are at least somewhat comedic. He’s shown he can do serious roles too, like Happyness, 7 Pounds, etc. But, I don’t think you’d hire him for a science fiction action movie without having him do some comedy. I’m sure Will Smith could do a straight dramatic science fiction action movie with no comedy, but AFAIK he’s never done it.

IMO Keanu is a much more limited actor than Will Smith. But, The Matrix played to his strengths.

Show threadWizardofFrobozzFeb 28

I’m sure Will Smith could do a straight dramatic science fiction action movie with no comedy, but AFAIK he’s never done it.

I Am Legend is probably the closest.

Show threadmercFeb 28
It has been a while since I saw it, but you’re right. I mostly remember it as drama, not comedy.
Show thread1984Feb 27

There are Ai clips now on YouTube where they replace actors in famous movies, like putting Tom Cruise in the matrix or whatever.

I dont watch them because I dont want my nice memories of these movies to be overwritten, but it shows how easy it is today to do.

Show threadTylerdurdonFeb 27
I just want to see the whole “AI Will Smith chewing” video posted into some Matrix parts now. Someone make it happen. I believe in you.